Tractor production at Güldner Motoren-Gesellschaft mbH.

The world’s largest air fractionators

n 2000, the four largest air fractionators in the world entered operation in a factory that Linde built in the Gulf of Mexico. The plant provides nitrogen for the oil extraction process in the Cantarell Oil fields of the national Petroleos Mexicanos Coportivo (Pemex).

The Linde Air Products plant in Buffalo (1910)

The largest natural gas liquefaction plant in Europe

Commissioned by the Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil ASA we have built the largest natural gas liquefaction plant in Europe on the island of Melkøya off Hammerfest. The plant came into operation in 2008 and has a production capacity of 4.3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per annum from the Barents Sea.

Steam reformer

Steam reformer are used to reform light hydrocarbons, such as natural gas, using steam in a cracking furnace. This produces a gas mixture containing hydrogen, which is used for chemical syntheses and to obtain hydrogen.

Sketches and notes from Carl von Linde's early lecture drafts

Sketches and notes from Carl von Linde's early lecture drafts... Sketches and notes from Carl von Linde's early lecture drafts when he served as a instructor (1868-1879) at the Polytechnic School in Munich (today Technical University Munich).

On-the-spot know-how in large plant construction

One of the first refrigeration machines, which had been installed at the D ...

One of the first refrigeration machines, which had been installed at the Dreherschen Brauerei (a Brewery) in Triest in 1877, functioned to the complete satisfaction of its owners till 1908. Today it is exposed in the Technical Museum in Vienna.

Natural gas plant transported by ship to Hammerfest

It weighs 35,000 tonnes and is bigger than a football field. The centerpiece of the largest natural gas liquefaction plant in Europe on its way from Cadiz in Spain to its destination, Hammerfest in Norway.

Ethylene plant built by Linde

The Linde Engineering Division’s competence in the project development, planning and construction of turnkey plants is clearly demonstrated by the fact that there are more than 4,000 plants across the world built by Linde.

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Environmentally friendly dry-cleaning with carbon dioxide

Linde offers an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional dry-cleaning methods under the brand name FRED BUTLER®. Instead of using the chlorinated hydrocarbon perchloroethylene (PER), which damages the environment and is dangerous to health, we use carbon dioxide liquefied under pressure together with special detergents.